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58% Critic Match
Side Effect
“Confide in Me”
5.8 / 10• 2020• 1h 33m•NR• Russian
HorrorThriller
Storyline
A traumatic experience leads to a break-up between a young married couple. In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Andrey, the husband, seeks help from a psychic named Mara. His only wish is to make his wife Olga forget the past. Mara's magic works, but the second honeymoon soon turns into a living nightmare... Andrey gradually recognizes that he is dealing with a powerful evil that possesses his wife, and the price of the psychic's service is Olga’s life.
Cast & Crew
Semyon Serzin
Andrey
Lead
Marina Vasilyeva
Olya
Aleksandra Revenko
Witch/Mara
Anatoli Zhuravlyov
Old Man
Mariya Abramova
Little Mara
Mariya Karpova
Nina
Stepan Devonin
Kirill
Sergey Cherdantsev
Burglar
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Aleksey Kazakov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Side Effect is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
